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Amazing Spiderman #615 preview

I do so love these haunting images on the preview for Amazing Spiderman #615.IGN has the preview. And we know that current Dext- I mean Peter Parker will find some way to screw this up.

The theme with the Gauntlet story arc seem to be how Spidey screws up the personal, non-villain lives of one of his rogue gallery and they want payback.

This is really simple and beautiful, capturing the joy of what it's like to be a kid and have a nurturing Sandman as a father. And yet.. it's so fragile, like castles made of sand. And the darkness of the color of the sand does bring much foreboding.

I am reminded of the one truly great scene in Spidey 3 where Flint begins his new life as a man made of sand, and the emotional strength that made him whole came the love of his daughter and a sense of purpose and being to be with her again.

That's both heartbreaking and adorable. I really hope this ends well for Flint Marko, as I'd kind of like to see him back on the good side again, or at least in a "villain with a heart of gold" sort of thing.

The thing about Spider-Man screwing up his villains lives is kind of true. Rereading some older Spidey stuff, scenes that are meant to be quirky or funny to me just come off as him being a tool for no reason now.Sure, their criminals, but their not crazy evil on a Dr. Doom level, most of them are just regular shmucks trying to get by.

His Rogue's Gallery seems a lot more sympathetic and likeable than Spider-Man himself sometimes.

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